AWSI: Goaded by an Essay on the Secret of Immigrant Genius

We like the fact that The Wall Street Journal provides deeper dive reading on the weekends in the “Review” section. The piece that caught our eye was titled “The Secret of Immigrant Genius.” Genius is a topic we bandy about here. As for highly motivated immigrants, our Frankie is a… more »

Introducing Toll House Tales, a Scripel

[Update] Now available in the Reading Room section, Toll House Tales: All Fired Up, a serialized scripel (part script, part novel). This is the story about three young women (ranging in age from mid-twenties to mid-thirties) who end up spending an Autumn weekend together at an Oregon beach house. For… more »


AWSI: It Does a Body Good…

While cruising through the coupons in Sunday’s paper, we came upon one that urged us to “TRY WHEATIES WITH CHOCOLATE MILK!”
Er… Okay. We’ll ponder that because, after all, it should “Awaken the Champion Within.”

AWSI: Wisdom from the Sporting Green…

Tuesday’s column by San Francisco Chronicle writer, Scott Ostler, put a smile on our collective faces here at Jedemi. Well — he always has that effect, but this time he provided a nice message that plays well off the sports page (and sports fields, courts, venues, etc.).


AWSI: Spy Ruled Back in the Day…

We were catching up on our online reading when we came across a reference to Spy Magazine. Bloomberg did a piece about how to get under Donald Trump’s skin — referencing Spy. How do you get under Donald Trump’s skin, force him off his game? How do you go negative… more »